BMUS: The Burden of Musculoskeletal Diseases in the United States
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Survival

IXA.G.2

Lead Author(s): 

Kimberly J. Templeton, MD

Supporting Author(s): 

Sylvia I. Watkins-Castillo, PhD

In addition to higher incidence rates, men also are likely to be diagnosed with all types of musculoskeletal system tumors a few years younger than women. Myeloma, the most common of the musculoskeletal system cancers, is primarily a disease of the elderly, while soft tissue cancers in middle age, and cancers of bones and joints in children and young adults.    

Men have a slightly lower 5-year survival rate for bone and joint cancers and soft-tissue cancers, both of which have a survival rate of 64% to 70%. Women have a slightly lower 5-year survival rate for myeloma, which has a rate of 42% to 44%. (Reference Table 9A.7 PDF [1] CSV [2])

Tumors of the Musculoskeletal System, by Sex, United States

Edition: 

  • 2014
The Burden of Musculoskeletal Diseases in the United States - Copyright © 2014.

Source URL: https://bmus.latticegroup.com/2014-report/ixag2/survival

Links:
[1] https://bmus.latticegroup.com/docs/T9A.7.pdf
[2] https://bmus.latticegroup.com/docs/T9A.7.csv